MBM Motorsports announced today that Chad Finchum will return to the team's #40 entry for the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Finchum, of Knoxville, TN, will be making his fourth start of the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series season for the organization owned by NASCAR veteran Carl Long.[More](8-17-2017)

Jeremy Clements Racing takes the short trip up to Bristol, TN to compete in the Food City 300 at Thunder Valley Friday night under the lights. Powering the #51 Camaro SS will be St. Clair Foods and All South Electric.
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Zombie Auto will serve as the primary sponsor for the #14 TriStar Motorsports Toyota of JJ Yeley for Friday night's NASCAR XFINITY Series race at the Bristol Motor Speedway. Zombie Auto, a Pennsylvania-based company, is dedicated to "Bringing Dead Cars Back to Life." [More](8-16-2017)

RSS Racing is pleased to welcome Cook's Comfort Systems as the primary sponsor for Ryan Sieg at Bristol Motor Speedway. Cook's Comfort Systems offers a full range of air conditioning, heating and indoor air quality products and services, outstanding on-time service and repairs, knowledgeable replacement advice, and quality new installations.[More](8-16-2017)

Watkins Glen XFINITY TV ratings

NASCAR Xfinity Series racing from Watkins Glen (N.Y.) earned a 0.8 rating and 1.2 million viewers on NBCSN last Saturday, up a tick in ratings and 17% in viewership from last year, when coverage aired on CNBC opposite the Olympics (0.7, 1.0M), but down a tick and 12% respectively from 2015 (0.9, 1.4M). The past four Xfinity Series races have posted an increase in ratings and/or viewership.[Sports Media Watch](8-13-2017)

Hornish Jr. edges Hemric to claim first Mid-Ohio victory: Sam Hornish Jr. dominated Saturday's NASCAR XFINITY Series Mid-Ohio Challenge, but his victory was anything but certain until the waning laps of a caution-filled race. Hornish, driving Team Penske's No. 22 Ford Mustang, earlier had eclipsed his own qualifying record at the 13-turn, 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and edged series rookie Daniel Hemric by 1.335 seconds when the event ultimately went green for the final time with five circuits remaining in the 75-lap distance.[More](8-12-2017)

Sam Hornish, Jr. wins Mid-Ohio XFINITY race: #22-Sam Hornish, Jr. won the Mid-Ohio Challenge at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. It is his 5th XFINITY Series win and 1st win of the year in just 3 races. #21-Daniel Hemric finished second (a career best), followed by #19-Matt Tifft (career best), #20-James Davison (career best), #07-Andy Lally (career best), #1-Elliott Sadler, #62-Brendan Gaughan, #48-Brennan Poole, #42-Justin Marks, and #28-Dakoda Armstrong.
Blake Koch won the first stage. Hornish, Jr. won the second stage.
There were 9 cautions for 27 laps and 9 lead changes among 5 leaders.
There was a red flag on lap 17 for track cleanup and fence repair after an accident by Matt Bell and another with 8 laps remaining to clean the track after a multi-car accident.
The average speed was 64.154mph.
Complete results are on the Mid-Ohio race results page (pdf).
See OFFICIAL race results & points standings on the Official Mid-Ohio Race & Points Report (pdf).(8-12-2017)

Sheldon "The Showstopper" Creed, makes his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut this coming weekend in the Mid-Ohio Challenge at the famed Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and returns to the Trans Am Series for the third time this season in the First Energy Trans Am 100. Creed will pilot the #01 United Rentals/A.M. Ortega Chevrolet Camaro for JD Motorsports and the #77 Speedlogix/United Rentals/A.M. Ortega Dodge Challenger for Stevens-Miller Racing in his first visit to the challenging 2.25-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio circuit.[More](8-10-2017)

NASCAR XFINITY Series teams will have the option of using a flange-fit composite body at three races later this season as the series moves toward incorporating the body into competition full-time by 2019.[More](8-9-2017)

JR Motorsports's #9 team crew chief David Elenz has been fined $10,000, suspended from the next NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship Points Event, and the team assessed with the loss of 10 driver points and 10 owner points following the Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International for a violation of Sections 20.17.3.2.2.2: Post-Race Rear Body Inspection Heights. JGL Racing's #28 team Crew chief Steven Lane and car chief Rick Markle have been suspended for the next three NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship Points Events under section 20.17.2.1: Overall Vehicle Weight affixed improperly.[More](8-9-2017)

Joe Gibbs Racing announces Melbourne, Australia native James Davison joins their XFINITY Series program to pilot the No. 20 Toyota Camry at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on August 12 and Road America on August 27.[More](8-8-2017)

Congrats to Shane Wilson

Congratulations to #62-Brendan Gaughan's crew chief Shane Wilson. He was married over the weekend to long-time girlfriend Fern Kalinen. (8-7-2017)

Ryan Preece will return to the Xfinity Series less than two months after his big win last weekend at Iowa Speedway. Preece, appearing on NASCAR America, announced he'll be back in Joe Gibbs Racing's #20 Toyota on Sept. 23 at Kentucky Speedway.[More](8-3-2017)

Hunt Brothers Pizza will pay tribute to its first year in NASCAR with a throwback paint scheme on the No. 41 Ford Mustang Kevin Harvick will drive during the Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 NASCAR XFINITY Series race Sept. 2 at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway.[More](8-3-2017)

NASCAR has standardized the location of the Overtime Line as the start/finish line, a decision that will be implemented immediately ahead of this weekend's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series races at Watkins Glen International. Prior to today's announcement, NASCAR had typically placed the Overtime Line near the entrance of turn 3 on oval tracks. That process is now a consistent location for tracks of all types, with the leader now needing to complete a full lap in NASCAR Overtime before a race can be considered complete.[More](8-2-2017)

William Byron is part of the future of JR Motorsports, and someday, he will be part of the future of Hendrick Motorsports. A month from now, at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway, Byron and his No. 9 Liberty University team from JRM will honor the memory of Ricky Hendrick with a special throwback paint scheme.[More](8-2-2017)

Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) announced today that Justin Marks, 36, will return to pilot to the No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro in the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) road-course races at Mid-Ohio (Aug. 12) and Road America (Aug. 26). Katerra, a Silicon Valley commercial construction company, will serve as a primary sponsor for both races.[More](8-1-2017)

AMG & 200 Productions new unscripted reality series, OPERATION THANK YOU, will follow two Carolina-based NASCAR racing teams, JD Motorsports and MBM Motorsports, as they build five special stock cars to honor the U.S armed forces. The series will culminate with the 'Visit Myrtle Beach 200,' a private racing event this fall at the Myrtle Beach Speedway.[More](8-1-2017)

With the emergence of NASCAR's next generation of stars defining the 2017 season, NASCAR today announced new guidelines that will further highlight the young talent battling for championships in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.Starting next season, drivers with more than five years of full-time experience in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be limited to a maximum of seven races in the NASCAR XFINITY Series and five races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.[More](8-1-2017)

Retirement is not that far off for Kyle Busch. Xfinity Series retirement, that is. Busch revealed on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio after winning the Overton's 200 Saturday afternoon he will be done with Xfinity competition when he hits a magic number. Right now, Busch is the winningest driver in the series with 89 career wins.[More](7-15-2017)